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Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak
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player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour with eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the
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. Kučová was an accomplished junior player, having won the girls' singles title at the 2007 US Open and reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 3, on 10 September 2009. Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 1–5.


Personal life

Kučová's elder sister Zuzana retired from the professional tour in 2013.


Tennis career


Junior years

At the 2007 US Open, the unseeded Kučová took the girls' singles title, defeating the 13th seed Julia Glushko in the third round, top seed and defending champion
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in the quarterfinals, and number two seed
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in the final. Kučová also reached the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and 2007 French Open girls' doubles quarterfinals. She reached the French Open quarterfinals with her compatriot Klaudia Boczová, losing to the eventual champions and third seeds, Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska. With her compatriot Lenka Juríková, she reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals and lost to the eventual runners-up Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara.


2014

Kučová started the year in the qualifying for
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where she lost to Misaki Doi, then she lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open to Paula Kania in three sets. She lost in qualifying for
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to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in straight sets, and also in
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where she lost to Flavia Pennetta. She managed to qualify for
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and then beat Monica Niculescu 6–1, 6–1 in the first round, before losing to Alizé Cornet. She lost in qualifying for the French Open to the wildcard Irina Ramialison, 1–6, 0–6, and in qualifying for Wimbledon to Maryna Zanevska. She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at
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by beating Anna Schmiedlová, Cristina Dinu and Danka Kovinić, before losing to Roberta Vinci 1–6, 3–6 in the semifinals. She won the $50k event in Sobota, Poland by beating Sesil Karatantcheva in the final. She won a $25k event in Fleurus, Belgium by beating Evgeniya Rodina in the final. She lost in the second round of qualifying in
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to Anna-Lena Friedsam, and in the first round of qualifying for
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to
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.


2016: Breakthrough, Canadian Open semifinalist and top 100

Kučová failed to qualify for the Australian Open. She lost in the final qualifying round to Wang Yafan, despite having a match point in the second set. After defeating Stefanie Vögele and Hsieh Su-wei, Kučová reached the quarterfinals in
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, where she lost to the second seed
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despite winning the first set 6–1. She qualified for the main draw of the Canadian Open by defeating Erin Routliffe and Christina McHale. She upset Yanina Wickmayer in the first round, who had won the singles and doubles titles in Washington the week before. In the second round, she caused a bigger upset by defeating the No. 8 seed, Carla Suárez Navarro, setting up a third-round clash with the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Kučová won the match in three sets to reach her first WTA Premier-level quarterfinal, where she beat the 15th seed, Johanna Konta, in straight sets. She was eventually eliminated in the semifinals by the tenth seed, Madison Keys. Following the tournament, she broke into the top 100 for the first time in her career.


2019–23: First WTA 125 title, Maiden WTA Tour final

Kučová won her first WTA 125 title at the Sparta Prague Open, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final. At the 2021 Miami Open, she qualified for the main draw and proceeded to face world No. 1 and defending champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the second round, losing the match in three sets In July 2021, she reached her first WTA 250 final, at the Poland Open, but lost to Maryna Zanevska. At the 2021 US Open, Kučová qualified for the first time in five years, after entering the main draw as lucky loser, and won her first match at this major against Ann Li. She lost to 12th seed Simona Halep in the second round. In January 2023, she entered the Australian Open using protected ranking, losing in the first round to qualifier Diana Shnaider in straight sets.


Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''


Singles

''Current through the 2023 Madrid Open.''


Doubles


WTA Tour finals


Singles: 1 (runner-up)


WTA Challenger finals


Singles: 1 (title)


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runner–ups)


Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)


Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation


Singles (1–3)


Doubles (0–2)


Junior Grand Slam tournament finals


Girls' singles: 1 (title)


Head-to-head record


Top 10 wins


Notes


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kucova, Kristina 1990 births Living people Tennis players from Bratislava Slovak female tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles 21st-century Slovak sportswomen